Anthea

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Anthea, "blossom" in Greek, was an epithet of the Classical Greek goddess Hera, the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. Anthea is used as a female given name in English.

From Wikipedia

Anthea first appears in the data in 1932 and has been recorded in 74 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1990 with 20 babies (rank #4,705 that year). In 2024 it was given to 10 girls (rank #9,592). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Anthea

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Anthea yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

830
Total babies (all years)
74
Years in the data
20
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19325#4,447
194710#3,458
19486#4,678
19538#4,246
19547#4,678
19556#5,238
19566#5,343
19588#4,532
195914#3,262
196014#3,359
196111#4,018
19627#5,318
19639#4,553
196410#4,369
19659#4,510
19668#4,886
196714#3,493
196811#4,229
196914#3,784
19709#5,427
197112#4,547
19728#5,989
197316#3,791
197415#4,046
197513#4,608
197610#5,618
197718#3,918
197817#4,088
197913#5,110
198016#4,525
198118#4,168
198218#4,174
198317#4,293
198412#5,561
198512#5,693
198611#6,191
19875#11,423
198817#4,858
198912#6,566
199020#4,705
199111#7,463
199210#8,105
199311#7,530
199413#6,709
199510#8,118
199611#7,624
19979#9,081
199810#8,647
19998#10,429
200018#5,962
200111#8,817
20029#10,326
200311#9,103
200418#6,521
200512#8,946
200611#9,969
20079#11,734
20089#11,698
20098#12,544
20106#15,145
20118#12,287
20125#17,143
20139#11,110
20149#11,069
201511#9,541
20169#10,960
201712#8,840
201813#8,202
201915#7,386
202011#9,006
202110#9,638
202211#9,116
202316#6,953
202410#9,592